WEBVTT NOW THE FAMILY IS ASKING FORJUST ONE THING THIS CHRISTMAS.FOR SOMEONE TO BRING HERWHEELCHAIR BACK.WATCH HAS THE SIX-YEAR-OLD TEARSUP THE DANCE FLOOR IN HER HOTPINK WHEELCHAIR.SHE WAS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA,AND USES HER CHAIR WITHEVERYTHING.THAT WAS BEFORE YESTERDAYMORNING.>> TO THEM IT IS AN OBJECT, TOHER IT IS HER LEGS.IT IS HER WAY TO BE OUT AND DOWHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO.REPORTER: AUSTIN'S MOM SAID THEBUS SHE TAKES TO SCHOOL HAS ALIFT, BUT THE BUS ON THURSDAYWAS NOT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.>> HER CHAIR IS LIKE HER LEGSWHEN SHE IS OUT OF THE HOUSE.WITHOUT HER CHAIR SHE CANNOT GOTO SCHOOL.REPORTER: THE FAMILY FILED APOLICE REPORT AND CHECKED WITHTHE CITY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOTPICKED UP WITH THE TRASH.THE WHEELCHAIR IS CUSTOM ANDCOSTS ABOUT $9,000.BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL'S MOM ISNOT MAD AT WHO TOOK IT.>> I'M NOT ANGRY ANYMORE AT WHOTOOK IT.I PRAY FOR THEM.REPORTER: AUSTIN HAS THISMESSAGE FOR WHOEVER HAS HER HOTPINK WHEELS.>> I WANT MY CHAIR BACK.REPORTER: THE CHAIR IS HOT PINKAND IT HAS AUSTIN'S NAME ON IT.

A family says someone stole their 6-year-old daughter’s wheelchair from in front of their North Fairmount home.

It happened Thursday morning while they were waiting for a school bus on Trevor Place.

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Austyn Bloebaum was born with spina bifida and relies on her hot pink wheelchair. She was upset that it’s gone.

“Somebody stole my chair,” Bloebaum said.

“I've been crying my eyes out right because it's an object to her, that's her legs. That's her way to be out and do what she needs to do,” mom Casey Hamilton said.

Austyn’s mom says her daughter’s kindergarten bus is handicap-accessible. Thursday morning, a replacement bus arrived and did not have a wheelchair lift.

Hamilton called the school and left the chair at the curb while they went inside to keep warm while waiting for the second bus. The chair was only out for about 30 to 40 minutes, but when they went back outside the chair was gone.

“Her chair's like her legs when she's out of the house, so without her chair, she cannot go to school,” Hamilton said.

The family filed a police report and checked with the city to make sure it wasn’t picked up by trash collectors. The wheelchair is custom and costs about $9,000. Hamilton says despite being devastated, she isn’t upset with whoever took it.

“I'm not even angry at this person anymore. I've prayed for them because you know you're at a really low point in your life if you took a kid's wheelchair,” Hamilton said.

Austyn has this message for whoever took her hot pink wheels.

“I want my chair back. I want my chair back,” Bloebaum said.

The wheelchair has Austyn’s name on it. If you have any information, contact Cincinnati Police.